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Instead of Chaos

Updated Dec. 8, 2000 12:01 a.m. ET

Let us now praise famous legislatures. These words are written as the Florida Supreme Court mulls Mr. Gore's fate. But should it come to pass that history invests the Florida legislature with its 15 minutes of fame, it will be the case, contrary to wailing punditry, that this body would deserve the gratitude of its constituents for selecting Florida's Presidential electors.